Student Village: The ultimate student life, at a high price.

For any prospective university student, deciding where to spent your first year is an exciting, if daunting choice.
The fact of money vs. glamour is the issue which can ultimately decide your fate, well this along with the  UCAS  clearing system...
We immediately look for affordability, comfort and possibly a little bit of luxury for our new home; the latter is heavily heavily debatable when being placed in student village. If glamour is you key priority, student village is probably not the best option for you, but personally I am willing to take a compact room over 2000 pounds worth of debt.

Not the most glamorous of settings, but I can honestly tell you, the friendly, safe and welcoming atmosphere in courts is unbeatable, it instantly felt like home in an instant, and the people you meet are a bonus too.

I got placed with five other people, three boys and three girls, and to quote my articulate room mate 'it's like friends' - we leave the doors on the latch (only when people are in, safety first), and wander from flat to flat - you develop a second family, and everyone has their allotted roles.

The largest downfall with our flat, is our minute kitchen, its unacceptable. For six people, yes six, our kitchen is suitable for one man at a time, making cooking a challenge to say the least (however, have caused many moments of laughter, along with a few burns).
Although humorous what is unbelievable is the size of the kitchens on the opposite side of courts, who have a kitchen -living area four times the size of ours! Ridiculous, when on an open day they are all presented to look the same, and we pay the SAME PRICE. Unfortunately, as good as maintenance are, and yes, for a university they are incredible, placing a complaint can't alter a dwarfed kitchen.

'In the first year, courts is the place to be, yes, it isn't glamorous, but its home'.
This was said by my flat mate, and best friend, Sasha, and he couldn't have got it more right.

When it comes to material possessions, you seem to have overpaid majorly for living in student village.
However, when it comes to life experience, you can't pay enough.